My Brooklyn based buddy Pam tells me that salons are making a revival in the US so I've been letting that truth percolate within for...

Every day I discover a new song that speaks to my heart. Yesterday it was news that John Legend was reworking Brian Wilson's masterpiec...

Today is a snow day in these parts - looks like about 9" so far with  no end in sight - so it is chill time in the Berkshires. Last ...

Tonight I will join with my colleagues and new student friends from Williams College for an evening of song, dance, art, prayer and spoken w...

NOTE:  My worship notes from Sunday, February 5, 2017 (one day after Bonhoeffer's 111th birthday. The Sanctuary was significantly fuller...

Earlier this week both Di and I got whacked with a stomach virus that's rendered us woozy and out of sorts . Not fun. At the same ti...

Today is our Sabbath: for nearly 25 years Dianne and I have mostly claimed Fridays as a time away from work, phones and all business. Th...

Not only did I move into semi-retirement this week, but I've set out to do a four week worship series on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. As I have ...

Today was the start (and merely that) of my semi-retirement. Mostly my day was given to wrapping up a few church concerns. But after celebra...

NOTE: Here are my worship notes from Sunday, January 29, 2017 on the occasion of our annual meeting and my last Sunday as a full-time ...